Dunn, Thomas, Private, 2223, 37th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Date of death 27th October 1917, aged 29
Son of George and Susannah Dunn, of Church Broughton, Derby, England
Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, VIII, I, 84
Enlisted 13th March 1916, at Melbourne, Victoria
Aged 28 years and 1month
Born Derby, England
Employed as a labourer
Next of kin, his father, George Dunn, of Church Broughton, Derby, England
Height: 5 feet 5¾ inches
Weight: 139 pounds
Chest Measurement: 33/36 inches
Fresh complexion
Blue eyes
Dark brown hair
Religious denomination: Church of England
Record of service:
26th September 1916, embarked from Port Melbourne aboard H.M.A.T. Shropshire
11th November 1916, disembarked at Plymouth, England
20th December 1916, embarked from Folkestone, England, aboard the Princess Victoria, for France
21st December 1916, arrived Etaples
16th January 1917, joined unit (37th Battalion)
1st February 1917, to hospital sick (scabies)
13th March 1917, rejoined unit from hospital
27th April 1917, detached for duty with 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company
4th May 1917, rejoined unit (37th Battalion)
5th May 1917, Catacomb Pluegstreet, conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in that he a) absented himself from billets without leave, and b) being warned for duty he failed to report for same, awarded a) 14 days Field Punishment No. 2, and b) charge dismissed. Also forfeited 14 days pay
7th September 1917, to hospital sick (measles)
8th October 1917, rejoined unit
12th October 1917, to hospital wounded in action (gun-shot wounds to head and left leg)
27th October 1917, 57th General Hospital, St. Omer, France, died of wounds (gun-shot wound to left thigh and gas gangrene)
Thomas Dunn Memorial in St Michael and All Angels Churchyard, Church Broughton (Copyright Chris Preston)
Dunn, Thomas, Private, 2223, 37th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Date of death 27th October 1917, aged 29
Son of George and Susannah Dunn, of Church Broughton, Derby, England
Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, VIII, I, 84
Service Record available from the National Archives of Australia: http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3528571&I=1&SE=1
Enlisted 13th March 1916, at Melbourne, Victoria
Aged 28 years and 1month
Born Derby, England
Employed as a labourer
Next of kin, his father, George Dunn, of Church Broughton, Derby, England
Height: 5 feet 5¾ inches
Weight: 139 pounds
Chest Measurement: 33/36 inches
Fresh complexion
Blue eyes
Dark brown hair
Religious denomination: Church of England
Record of service:
26th September 1916, embarked from Port Melbourne aboard H.M.A.T. Shropshire
11th November 1916, disembarked at Plymouth, England
20th December 1916, embarked from Folkestone, England, aboard the Princess Victoria, for France
21st December 1916, arrived Etaples
16th January 1917, joined unit (37th Battalion)
1st February 1917, to hospital sick (scabies)
13th March 1917, rejoined unit from hospital
27th April 1917, detached for duty with 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company
4th May 1917, rejoined unit (37th Battalion)
5th May 1917, Catacomb Pluegstreet, conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in that he a) absented himself from billets without leave, and b) being warned for duty he failed to report for same, awarded a) 14 days Field Punishment No. 2, and b) charge dismissed. Also forfeited 14 days pay
7th September 1917, to hospital sick (measles)
8th October 1917, rejoined unit
12th October 1917, to hospital wounded in action (gun-shot wounds to head and left leg)
27th October 1917, 57th General Hospital, St. Omer, France, died of wounds (gun-shot wound to left thigh and gas gangrene)